Tour Overview
Arusha city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. Arusha City is a major international diplomatic hub. You will be given a briefing about your Wildlife & Wilderness Safari.
Included/Exclude
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fee
Tour Plan
Meet at 0800hrs, depart for Lake Manyara National Park, en-route game drive, picnic lunch served in the park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is one of the most beautiful places in Africa. The Park is dramatically marked off by lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the ground water forest, which provide home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Further down, the forest opens up into woodland, grassland, swamps and beyond, the soda lake itself where over 350 species of birds, including the lively flamingo, pelican, sacred ibis, grebe and stork can be viewed. At the southern end of the Park are hot sulphur springs called MajiMoto. Manyara is noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo, as well as a great variety of smaller animals, and of course the very elusive tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon, you will proceed towards Ngorongoro conservation Area. Diner and overnight at your Lodge.
After breakfast descend to the Crater floor for game drive, lunch at hippo pool picnic site. The bottom of the crater dotted with watering-holes, shelters almost 30 000 animals in an area naturally enclosed by the slopes of the volcano. Ngorongoro is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and surrounded by very steep walls rising 610m from the floor. Covering an area of 259 sq. kms, it is considered to be one of the Wonders of the Natural World and is a veritable haven for wildlife. In the afternoon, you will proceed towards Serengeti National Park probably the greatest park on earth. This park, undoubtedly the most famous in the world, covers over 14 000 sq. km and offers among many other things the biggest concentration of big cats in the world Cheetahs, Lions, Leopards, Wild cats, birds, impala and many more others. Diner and overnight at at a Tented Camp.
Morning game drive in Serengeti National Park, before your breakfast. Mid and afternoon game drives, followed by a picnic lunch served in the park. Many different landscapes can be found in the Serengeti: Savannah with the big plains to the south, hills & woods to the west, the Kopjes area to the east, and bush land to the north. Important rivers also run through the park. Many different species of mammals can be spotted during game drives, elephant, buffalo, giraffes, antelopes, hippo and crocodile can also be found. Diner and overnight at a Tented Camp.
Enjoy early morning and farewell game drives through the Serengeti plains. Your driver guide will take you down to central part of Serengeti where it is famous for the cats, Serengeti is perhaps the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. These vast, seemingly unending plains are inhabited during the migration by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, impala, buffalo, birds and up to ten thousand elephant. Packed lunch will be served at the Naabi Hills Gate around 1400hrs, proceed driving through the beautiful landscape of Ngorongoro Plains, arrive for dinner and overnight at your Lodge.
After breakfast at the lodge, drive to Mto wa Mbu for cultural visit to the local women and learn how they do their daily activities including farming, small women micro financing groups, you will have local lunch with the local women to taste the local African food. After lunch drive back to Arusha Town or transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for onwards flight back home.
